Hi Everyone Crockpot Recipe Request

[Guest guest]

I was given several cans of canned tomatoes, any recipes using them up?

I have plenty of rice and barley if that helps.

Thanks for all the recipes posted.

 

Gypsy

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 08:32:02 -0800 (PST), Gypsy G

<bohemian_river wrote:

 

>I was given several cans of canned tomatoes,

 

Add them to soups, beans, stews, Italian pasta sauces...gosh, they are

the easiest thing in the world to use up. I must use a couple of cans a

week.

[Guest guest]

Re: Hi Everyone Crockpot Recipe Request

 

You are fortunate to have all these cans of tomatoes!

 

I have made a fairly good " creamy " tomato soup by blending canned tomatoes,

seasonings (sauteed or chopped dried onions, a little garlic (as desired), a

pinch each of basil and thyme, seasoned salt, lemon pepper and maybe (you can

omit) a pinch of sugar) with a small amount of SILKEN tofu until it's smooth.

 

You can also thin this down with extra tomato juice or plain soy milk, if you

like it more or less " creamy " .  I found the silken tofu is really great to get

that smooth, " creamy " texture for a soup-base. 

 

Using canned tomatoes is EASY and FAST for a nice soup!  I used to use the

" Campbell " soups (tomato & mushroom in particular) for thickening and " gravy " in

stews and cassseroles.  Yeah, it was tasty, but at some point I knew I should

NOT be doing that--all the sodium and, well, just being without meat or broth

didn't make them healthy, so I made the decision to make my soups from scratch

myself instead. 

 

This tomato soup is one I really like and it can also be used as an ingredient

in something else--any other recipe that might call for " a can of tomato soup " . 

 

Good wishes to you!  Those cans can come in handy for a fast meal ingredient!

 

--Laura B., in Illinois